The Sports Experience Podcast with Chris Quinn and Dominic DiTolla

Episode 246 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re back on the ice discussing Cam Neely. After a rocky start as a high draft pick with the Vancouver Canucks, Neely found his stride in Boston during the mid-1980s. For a six season stretch, “Bam-Bam Cam” brought scoring, toughness and aggressiveness to the Bruins from his Right-Wing position. A 4x All-Star, Neely helped the Bruins wi...

Episode 316 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re continuing our block on the greatest World Series in the history of Major League Baseball. The 1946 World Series was filled with iconic players, iconic teams and thrilling moments all packed into seven games. This first World Series in the aftermath of World War II featured the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox. A back and for...

Episode 315 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re continuing our block on the greatest World Series in the history of Major League Baseball. The 1926 World Series was filled with iconic players, iconic teams and thrilling moments all packed into seven games. This matchup featured two of baseball’s landmark franchises in the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees and some of...

Episode 314 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re beginning our block on the greatest World Series in the history of Major League Baseball. The 1975 World Series was filled with iconic players, iconic teams and thrilling moments all packed into seven games. This matchup of the upstart Boston Red Sox and “close but not quite” Cincinnati Reds was matchup for the ages. There were fou...

Episode 313 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re back on the gridiron discussing Marshawn Lynch. One of the greatest football players ever produced from the Bay Area, Marshawn Lynch was a star at Oakland Technical High School before becoming an All-American running back with the California Golden Bears. Blessed with a ridiculous combination of size, speed, contact balance and tou...

Episode 312 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re back on the gridiron discussing Randy Moss. A star athlete in high school in basketball, track and field, baseball and football, Moss appeared destined for football glory at Notre Dame before a fight in high school in which he was protecting his friend led to the school revoking his scholarship. Moss proceeded to violate his probat...

Episode 311 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re back on the links discussing Ben Hogan. Known as “The Hawk,” Hogan used his tireless work-ethic, excellent technique and amazing ballstriking skill to his advantage on the golf course. Hogan overcame poverty and the death of his Father as a child to become one of the greatest golfers in history. The Texan had early career struggles...

Episode 310 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re back in the pool discussing Ian Thorpe. Born into an athletic family, Thorpe established himself as an amazing swimmer from an early age. What made this even more incredible was the fact he overcame a childhood allergy to chlorine. At age 17, Thorpe won five gold medals at the 1999 Pan Pacific Championships in his hometown of Sydne...

Episode 309 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re back on the hardwood discussing John Stockton. Arguably the greatest Point Guard in NBA history. Stockton’s journey to the NBA began in relative obscurity in his hometown of Spokane, Washington. After four years at Gonzaga in which he was the WCAC Player of the Year in 1984, Stockton then impressed the coaches of the U.S. Olympic T...

Episode 308 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re back on the pitch discussing Kenny Dalglish. One of the greatest midfielders in the history of soccer, Kenny Dalglish started his pro career in his homeland of Scotland. Though he grew up a fan of Rangers F.C., he signed with rival Celtic F.C. in 1966 and became one of the Scottish Premier League’s best players. After six seasons o...

Episode 307 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re back on the diamond discussing Mark McGwire. “Big Mac” made a splash in Major League Baseball after a successful college career at USC. At 6’5” 220 lbs., the enormous first baseman unanimously won the 1987 American League Rookie of the Year when he clubbed a then-rookie record 49 home runs for the Oakland Athletics. Along with his...

Episode 306 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re discussing one of the greatest bullfighters of all time, Manolete. Born into poverty in Cordoba, Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez was born to be a bullfighter. Both his Father (known also as Manolete) and Uncle were bullfighters, and Manolete eventually rose to prominence as one of the greatest bullfighters of all time. In the aft...

Episode 305 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re back on the gridiron discussing Don Meredith. The Dallas Cowboys are considered by their fanbase to be “America’s Team.” “Dandy Don” Meredith was the quarterback who brought them from a lowly expansion franchise to a dominant force in the NFL. After a successful college career at Southern Methodist University during which he was na...

Episode 304 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re back on the ice discussing Chris Chelios. Born in the Chicago area, Chelios seemed destined for a career in hockey before his family moved to San Diego while he was in high school. However, Chelios eventually found success playing for a Junior team in Moose Jaw and then won a National Championship at the University of Wisconsin. Se...

Episode 303 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re back on the diamond discussing Dave Parker. An ultimate five-tool player in baseball, the incredibly athletic Parker (6’5” 230 lbs.) might have opted a career in football had a knee injury in high school not forced him off the gridiron. Parker rose through the minor league system of the Pittsburgh Pirates during the early 1970s, an...

Episode 302 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re back on the ice discussing one of the NHL’s best modern players, Jeremy Roenick. Born in Boston, Roenick displayed his hockey skills throughout North America during his youth. After he won two League Championships at Thayer Academy in Massachusetts, the Center was selected 8th overall in the 1988 NHL Draft by the Chicago Blackhawks...

Episode 301 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re back on the hardwood discussing one of the NBA’s most exciting players of the 1990s, Larry Johnson. After an incredible high school career in Dallas, many believed Johnson was headed towards a superstar career at SMU. However, controversy regarding his SAT scores caused Johnson to enroll at Odessa College for his first two post-hig...

Episode 300 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & it’s a celebration! In this very special episode we discuss the greatest linebacker and possibly the greatest defensive player in the history of the NFL: Lawrence Taylor! Though he did not play organized football until his junior year in high school and did not play at a predominantly football-centric university, Lawrence Taylor was an a...

Episode 299 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re finishing our block of episodes on the greatest players in the history of the Negro Leagues. It could be argued that Oscar Charleston was one of the greatest baseball players of the 20th Century. After lying about his age to get into the U.S. Army at 15, Charleston left the Philippines to pursue a career in professional baseball in...

Episode 298 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re continuing our block of episodes on the greatest players in the history of the Negro Leagues. Buck O’Neil was fantastic first baseman, a terrific scout and manager and an overall amazing ambassador to the game in general. Born in segregated Florida, O’Neil realized that the game of baseball was a way out of hard labor in the celery...

Episode 297 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re continuing our block of episodes on the greatest players in the history of the Negro Leagues. Someone who could be considered the “Black Ty Cobb,” Cool Papa Bell was a generational ballplayer. Born in Mississippi, Bell was originally a successful knuckleball pitcher after he moved to St. Louis, Missouri in the 1920s. He began his c...

Episode 296 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re continuing our block of episodes on the greatest players in the history of the Negro Leagues. Arguably one of the greatest pitchers of all-time, Satchel Paige was an absolute legend on the mound. After he ran into legal trouble in his youth in Alabama, Paige focused on his love of baseball and learned to pitch in a reform school. U...

Episode 295 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re beginning our block of episodes on the greatest players in the history of the Negro Leagues. Arguably one of the greatest power hitters of all-time, Gibson established himself as one of professional baseball’s most feared threats at the plate during the 1930s and 1940s. Gibson was a fantastic catcher for the Homestead Grays and Pit...

Episode 294 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re back on the diamond discussing Ty Cobb. One of Major League Baseball’s best and meanest players of all-time, Cobb was a tortured soul who overcame the tragedy of his Mother killing his Father right before his big league career started with the Detroit Tigers. An intense centerfielder, Cobb established himself as one of the greatest...

Episode 293: “Dynasty Established” - Super Bowl XIII (Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Dallas Cowboys) Episode 293 of “The Sports Experience Podcast” is here & we’re concluding our block on some of professional football’s best postseason games of all time. In this episode we’re discussing Super Bowl XIII between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys. In what was a rematch of Super Bowl X, both...